Our results are in for round 2 of voting for March Brewness. Voting on round 3 begins on Friday!

Match-up 1

Lefthand Brewing Company (53%)

Breckenridge Brewery (47%)

Match-up 2

Stone Brewing Company (61%)

Three Floyds Brewing (39%)

Match-up 3

Bear Republic Brewing Company (46%)

Anchor Brewing Company (54%)

Match-up 4

Firestone Walker Brewing Company (43%)

Flying Dog Brewing Company (57%)

Match-up 5

Victory Brewing Company (63%)

Deschutes Brewery (37%)

Match-up 6

Boston Beer Company (30%)

Allagash Brewing Company (70%)

Match-up 7

D.G Yuengling & Sons (65%)

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (35%)

Match-up 8

Russian River Brewing Company (51%)

Troegs Brewing Company (49%)

In another great round of voting we have some surprising results (to me anyway). America’s oldest brewery, Yuengling, holds on for a solid win over a craft beer favorite. Russian River barely beat out Troegs in this round. Most of the other match-ups were fairly close. I can’t wait to see what the next round of voting brings. The polls will open on Friday.

Our first round of the competition is in the books and there were some big surprises in the results. The most notable news is that last years champion, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, lost in the first round! Below are the results.

R1M1

Lefthand Brewing Company (63%)

Southern Tier Brewing Company (36%)

R1M2

Breckenridge Brewery (60%)

Abita Brewing Company (40%)

R1M3

Kona Brewing Company (17%)

Stone Brewing Company (83%)

R1M4

Brooklyn Brewing Company (47%)

Three Floyds Brewing (53%)

R1M5

Alaskan Brewing Company (32%)

Bear Republic Brewing (68%)

R1M6

Anchor Brewing Company (72%)

Harpoon Brewing Company (27%)

R1M7

Firestone Walker Brewing Company (91%)

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales (9%)

R1M8

Flying Dog Brewing Company (65%)

Full Sail Brewing Company (35%)

R1M9

Boston Beer Company (59%)

Clipper City Brewing Company (41%)

R1M10

Founder’s Brewing Company (46%)

Allagash Brewing Company (54%)

R1M11

Saint Arnold Brewing (33%)

Victory Brewing Company (67%)

R1M12

Brewery Ommegang (45%)

Deschutes Brewery (55%)

R1M13

D.G. Yuengling & Sons (53%)

Great Lakes Brewing Company (47%)

R1M14

Dogfish Head Brewing Company (41%)

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (59%)

R1M15

New Belgium Brewing Company (39%)

Russian River Brewing Company (61%)

R1M16

Cigar City Brewing Company (42%)

Troegs Brewing Company (58%)

There were a lot of close match-ups and several of which could have been changed with a few votes in the other direction. Some of the most notable match-ups were DFH and Sierra Nevada. These two companies have done several collaborations and the voting shows how close these two breweries are in the craft beer nerd’s eyes. The largest margin of victory was Firestone Walker over Jolly Pumpkin which was followed closely by Stone over Kona. America’s olderst brewery also managed to stay in the fight and passed on to round 2.

Check back on Monday for Round 2 voting. Also keep checking back on the other days as I have content being posted every day through March Brewness.